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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kurt David Murrow, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, Montgomery, OH (US);
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
Dominic Barone, Centerville, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a fuselage; a propulsion system including a power source and a plurality of vertical thrust electric fans driven by the power source; and a wing extending from the fuselage. The plurality of vertical thrust electric fans are arranged along the wing, the wing including one or more components being moveable to selectively expose the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans, the wing further including a diffusion assembly positioned downstream of at least one vertical thrust electric fan of the plurality of vertical thrust electric fans, the diffusion assembly defining a diffusion area ratio greater than 1:1 and less than about 2:1.